10 Tech Things You Need To Know This Morning (AAPL, MSFT, FB, AMZN)

Friday

Mar 28, 2014 at 10:04 AM

Jay Yarow

Good morning! The big stories you need to know:

Amazon was reported to be planning a free video-streaming service, but it denied the report.
The Nikkei, citing supply chain sources, reports Apple will offer the iPhone 6 in September in 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch screen sizes.
Microsoft announced Office for iPad, and the early reviews for the software are overwhelming positive.
We also got to see Satya Nadella's master vision for Microsoft.
Our review of the HTC One: It's the best Android phone in the world.
There's a mini-revolt happening at Mozilla, the open source company that makes the Firefox browser. Employees want the CEO to step down for supporting anti-gay political campaigns.
Twitter is planning to launch a new ad product that relies on app downloads. Facebook has done this and it's worked well.
Another interesting analysis of Facebook's decision to buy Oculus. Virtual reality will not be the next big computing platform because it's a step away from what makes mobile computing great.
Mark Zuckerberg is getting ambitious: He has a plan to deliver Internet around the world using drones, satellites, and lasers.
World famous designer (and pal of Jony Ive) Marc Newson has this to say about Google Glass: "What Google have done thus far, I wouldn't be seen dead wearing. It looks pretty stupid."

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